An eye-opening report into hazing at Aussie universities has revealed an astonishing sexist culture

The report’s authors claim this is creating a dangerous and damaging culture at the country's seats of higher learning.

In one particularly vile account, an ex-St Andrew’s College student said men would masturbate into bottles of shampoo or body wash left in bathrooms by women.

An ex-resident at Wesley College told of being pinned to the floor by fellow residents and having wine poured in her mouth, her room being broken into and trashed and her belongings being thrown from her bedroom balcony.

She said nicknames were given to new students, including “Fresher Mullet” to the girl deemed ugliest.

The worrying incidents reported range from mild bullying and bizarre drinking games to sexual assault and even death by suicide or, in one case, a St Andrew’s student drunkenly walking into the road. His peers reportedly commiserated with a keg.

Self-harming was also a common theme, with another male student outed to his peers for looking at gay porn attempting to take his own life.

The authors of The Red Zone Report, an investigation into sexual violence in Sydney residential colleges, say the stories are linked because they feed into a macho and permissive culture that normalises degrading treatment of fellow students.

The report showed students being forced to drink from a range of disgusting vessels

The disturbing culture is introduced to young freshers at Orientation Week, according to the report, when student-organised events include the Wesley College “bait cruise”, in which a new female student is chosen by second or third-year students as their “bait” for the night.

There were also reports of a “Bone Room” at St Paul’s, a large space covered in mattresses to which male students invite unsuspecting female freshers.

During the “Bachelor of Inebriation” at St Andrew’s, students compete to consume up to 15 alcoholic drinks in a session without going to the bathroom, leading to some wetting themselves.

Freshers regularly report having to learn lewd and sometimes misogynistic college songs.

A St John’s student recalled students being locked in a bathroom and buckets of dead rotting fish poured over them.

They were also taught the words to sexist chants and some even masturbated into shampoo bottles

Ginger male students of the college participate in an annual ritual where they set their pubic hair on fire in order to gain an unofficial leadership position.

But not all the stories are about drinking and sex.

Some relate to brutal initiation rites, including one in which students had to climb stairs holding each other’s ankles and wearing academic gowns for hours, until they were bruised and sobbing.

Other students recounted having to sit on the floor in filth for hours, stand with their noses against the wall for hours, perform boot camp-style callisthenics or drink until they pass out — a tradition known as “Fresher Sacrifice”.

The report's authors say the culture extends to universities Australia-wide

During one annual event at St John’s College called The Purge, students are encouraged to post embarrassing and graphic photos and other details online about other students’ sexual activity.

The Red Zone Report focuses on colleges linked to the University of Sydney — but the authors say the culture extends Australia-wide, citing examples from the Australian Human Rights Commission’s 2017 report into sexual assault.

Of 203 sexual assault case studies, 151 described a culture of excessive alcohol consumption and social pressure to drink at college parties and events.

A University of Sydney spokesman said the university hadn’t seen the full report “and therefore cannot comment in detail on its contents”.

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“However, we are aware of some of the accusations in the report and it is for this reason that we are working with the colleges and Liz Broderick and her team on improving campus culture for the University and five of its residential colleges.

“Those colleges have accepted all recommendations and their implementation is under way. The process for one residential college — St Pauls — is ongoing.

“The University will continue to work with student and advocacy groups to do all it can to make its campuses safe and welcoming for all students.”